A Framework for Comparing Climate Mitigation Policies Across Countries
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Summary:
There is growing interest in international coordination over climate mitigation policy. Climate clubs or international carbon price floors could complement the Paris Agreement by helping to deliver the near-term cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions needed to contain global warming to 1.5 to 2oC. To ensure inclusivity, these arrangements need to account for varying mitigation policies across countries, including carbon pricing, fuel taxes, subsidy reform, and non-pricing approaches like regulations. A transparent methodology is needed to compare and monitor mitigation effort by countries implementing diverse policy packages. This paper presents and illustrates a methodology for converting climate mitigation policies and targets into their carbon price equivalents and applies it to the Group of Twenty (G20) countries.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2022/254
Subject:
Climate policy Environment Fuel tax Greenhouse gas emissions Taxes
Frequency:
regular
English
Publication Date:
December 16, 2022
ISBN/ISSN:
9798400228285/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA2022254
Pages:
39
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